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9550 Kings Charter Dr
Ashland, VA 23005 - (804) 550-1592
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Monday - Friday
6:30 AM - 6:00 PM - Ages: 6 weeks - 12 years
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About Bundle of Joy Preschool in Ashland, VA
Bundle of Joy’s childcare and preschool program is designed to serve the needs of the child and family. We recognize ourselves as partners to the parents, working together to help encourage each child to progress at his/her own pace. Our staff encourages positive self-confidence, self-esteem, competence in self-help skills and those inner controls and language abilities necessary for effective social interaction.
Our programs emphasize the process of learning and discovery. Daily activities are designed to encourage children to act upon their environment. We provide an environment rich in materials to explore, manipulate and discuss. Children are guided to question, to discover, to think and to reason. No single area of development is stressed above another. Bundle of Joy promotes the growth of the whole child, emotionally, physically, socially and intellectually.
The best way to describe Bundle of Joy at the present time is that we are focused on excellence in quality of care, education and best practice in the area of early childhood education. We work with state and local agencies, other local preschools and early education programs, as well as higher education programs to help us evaluate our programs. We create a learning community where children develop skills as building blocks to the next level of education.
Our Programs
Bundle of Joy provides Infant, Toddler, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten and Afterschool care services to approximately 600 children and employs approximately 125 staff members. We are and continue to remain focused on ways to best meet the needs of the families of Virginia. When you visit any of our schools you will quickly see we are not a daycare. We are very much a school offering structure and opportunities for creativity. With the help and partnership of our families and wonderful, dedicated staff members, we are able to do what we love to do each day by providing a place where children can grow and learn while they are in a safe and nurturing environment.
We believe that developmentally appropriate early childhood experiences foster wonder and a life-long love of learning. We also believe that children build upon their existing knowledge through inquiry and shared experiences. Therefore, we strive to provide authentic learning opportunities through creativity and purposeful play.
Award Winning Childcare in Ashland, VA
We are proud to have been voted Best Child Care by readers of the Richmond Times Dispatch every year from 2019-2023!
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Alicia Nistler
School Director
I’ve worked in childcare for 22 years as an Assistant Teacher, Lead Teacher, Curriculum Director, Summer Camp Coordinator, Assistant Director, Director, Regional Program Director and Director of Outdoor Classrooms. I have worked with children of all ages, from newborn through School Age but spent the majority of my time working with Toddlers before working in management. I am a step mom to two wonderful girls, ages 21 and 17 and also a mom to two wonderful boys, ages 8 and 5. While enjoying our many years of parenting, we are also now enjoying the grandparent life with our 9 month old granddaughter. We live on 24 acres with the boys and our 3 dogs with hopes of beginning to homestead in the next few years. Some of my favorite things about working in childcare are seeing the children smiling all day, helping them when they master a new skill and to see the look on their face when they realize they did. Working in childcare has been the second most rewarding job in my life next to raising my own step children and biological children.
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Ashland, VA
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